Effect of localized innervation of the dendritic trees of feline motoneurons on the amplification of synaptic input: A computational study

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 583, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 611-630

  Grande, Giovanbattista ^a   Bui, Tuan V ^a   Rose, P Ken ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITE; HEAD MOVEMENT; INNERVATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY VESTIBULOSPINAL NEURON; MEDIAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPLENIUS MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548324762     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.134999     Document Type: Article

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